Device for fastening overshoes or rubbers to shoes.



APPLICATIQN FILED FEB-12, I917.

Patented June 4, 1918.

[/VVE/V 7 R. 5 e/ 54" ATTORNJFV l V/TNt SS KW GEORGE E. RAUCH. or lemon HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

DEVICE rox-ras'rnnmd DVERSHOES on nunnnns T SHOES.

Application filed February '12, 1917,. qserial a... 148,161.

To all whom it may cm'werm,

Be it known that I, Gnonen F. RAU H, citizen of the United States, residing at ijou Hills, in the county of Brule and state of South Dakota, have invented a oer 'ta'in new and useful Improvement in De- Specification of Letters Iiatent.

' Patented June 4,1918.

i l designates the body of an ordinary rubberovershoe which is adapted to be fitted on an ordinary shoe, 2, as shown in liig. 2.

The rear end of the body 1 is Provided with an upward extension comprising a strap 3, which is preferably a built-in part vices for Fastening Overshoesor Rubbers We. I 'nvention relates to improvements in s. it its for fastening an overshoe or rubber to Shoes, of which the following is a specitie aifshoe.

Ihe object of my invention is to provide cheap, convenient and efiicient device for releasably attaching the rear end of an overshoe or rubber to a shoe, for the purpose of preventing the overshoe or rubber being utilized for pulling 'provement.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view-of a rubber.

shoe and pulled off in the mud from a shoe which it incloses.

A further object of my invention is toprovide a simple device which may be a built up portion of the shoe or rubber.

' Still another object of'my invention is to provide novel fastening means, for attach ing the rubber or overshoe to the shoe, which is easy to grasp for the purpose 'of attaching or detaching, and which may also be the heel of the rubber or overshoe from the shoe, when the overshoe or rubber is to be removed from the shoe.

The novel featuresof-my invention are. hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspectwe view of an ordinary rubber overshoe provided with my imovershoe mounted on an ordinary attached thereto with my improved fastening device.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horlzontal sectlonal view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 'is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an eye having its polnts inwardly bent and which is adapted to be fastened to the rear side of a shoe and to receive the hook of the fastening device.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

material may be of the ordinary kind, such as rubber or leather, used for articles of this character.

The strap 3 is provided which is, preferably, of inverted U-form, one of the arms thereof being embedded in the strap 3, and the other arm being at the inner side'of said strap, so that it may be releasably attached to a securing de'vice fastened to the rear side of the shoe 2. Such securing device may be of any desired type with which the hook lmay have releasable engagement and support. In the drawing, I have shown a fastening device comprising an eye consisting of a U-shaped clip 5, the arms of which are preferably pointed, so that they may be easily forced through the leather of the shoe 2. Each arm of the clip 5 is provided with two shoulders 6 which are adapted to bear against the outer side of the shoe 2 when the eye or clip 5 is fastened thereto.

In fastening the eye or clip 5, the pointed ends thereof are forced through the leather and then turned inwardly, as shown in Fig. 5, thereby clamping the eye or clip in a horizontal transverse position upon the rear side of the shoe 2.

When the overshoe 1 is slipped onto the shoe 2, the strap 3 is drawn upwardly-so as to permit the hook 4 entering the eye or clip 5, from the upper side thereof. The

. overshoe will now be firmly held and cannot with a hook 4,

which the strap may be easily grasped and pulled upwardly. for the insertion of the hook 4 in the eye or clip 5.

.The strap 3 is preferably slightly elastic,

so that, when engaged with the shoe 2, it

shown and described,

Within the scopefof the appended claim,' may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

a .What I claim is I The combination with an 'over shoe or rubber having at its rear end a flexible strap extending upwardly above the upper edge of the body of the over shoe or rubber,

of an inverted U shaped hook located whollyat. the inner-side of the strap and having one of its arms embedded in the strap, the

latter having an extension above the hook which serves as a finger hold, and an eye adapted to be fastened to a shoe and to be releasably engaged by the other arm of the hook.

name to this specification.

GEORGE. F. RAUCH.

Intestimony whereof I ,have signed my" 

